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RXi Gains Exclusive License to Oral Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics Technology from University of Massachusetts
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RXi Pharmaceuticals Corporation has announced that it has licensed exclusive worldwide rights from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) to certain technology for the oral delivery of RNAi therapeutics.
The technology was developed by Dr. Michael Czech, Professor and Chair, Program in Molecular Medicine at UMMS and an RXi founder, and Dr. Gary R. Ostroff, Professor of Molecular Medicine at UMMS and an RXi collaborator. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Going forward, management noted, RXi intends to work with pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners to advance the discovery and development of orally delivered rxRNA™ therapeutics for a host of inflammatory diseases.
The technology was developed by Dr. Michael Czech, Professor and Chair, Program in Molecular Medicine at UMMS and an RXi founder, and Dr. Gary R. Ostroff, Professor of Molecular Medicine at UMMS and an RXi collaborator. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Going forward, management noted, RXi intends to work with pharmaceutical and biotechnology partners to advance the discovery and development of orally delivered rxRNA™ therapeutics for a host of inflammatory diseases.
